单词 | testee |
释义 | † testeen.1 Obsolete. rare. A witness. Cf. teste n.2 ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > [noun] > a witness, testifier witec900 witnessc950 witnessman10.. proofc1380 witnesserc1400 record1408 recorderc1425 test1528 testor1570 attestator1598 attester1598 testator1602 suffragator1606 testimoner1607 testifier1611 voucher1612 suffragant1613 testate1619 sponsor1651 testee1654 vouchee1654 adducer1681 testificator1730 circumstantiator1858 1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. vi. lxxvi No Murdrer be: Whorster: Theef: fals Testee [rhyme thee]. 1682 R. Ware Foxes & Firebrands: Pt. II 23 in J. Nalson Foxes & Firebrands (new ed.) Three Testees were to wait on these Houses weekly, to take out what summs there were thrown in. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2020). testeen.2 One who is subjected to a test of his or her health, intelligence, knowledge, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > trial or experiment > trial, test, or testing > [noun] > one who is tested testee1932 1932 S. Duke-Elder Text-bk. Ophthalmol. I. xxv. 986 The fact that picking skeins of wool does not appeal to the average workman, while the reading of pseudochromatic diagrams requires a considerable amount of intelligence, has popularized the adoption of lantern tests wherein coloured glasses are illuminated and the testee is asked to name the colour and (sometimes) to match it with wools or some other coloured material. 1947 Sci. News 4 19 The main difficulty with such tests was that the tester was usually as intoxicated as the testee, and often forgot to press the spindle of his stopwatch, or to take proper notes. 1952 C. P. Blacker Eugenics: Galton & After 190 These gaps..make it all the more surprising that so little account was taken of the testee's subsequent services and achievements. 1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia vii. 50 The testee is required to detect which of the simple figures lies concealed or incorporated within the complex design. 1976 K. S. Bowers Hypnosis for Seriously Curious iii. 43 Even on the subset of questions for which the testee subjectively feels he is simply guessing, the likelihood is high that he will get more than 25% correct answers. 1983 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. 18 Gascoigne..said of his testees [on a quiz programme]: ‘They were far more argumentative in the 60s and 70s.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < n.11654n.21932 |
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